The Diocese of Allentown was among those to mark the Feast of Blessed Carlo Acutis on Wednesday.

“May our daily actions lead us to our heavenly home. Blessed Carlo Acutis, pray for us!” the diocese tweeted. Its message included a photo of Blessed Carlo with a quote that reads: “Our aim has to be infinite, not the finite. The infinite is our homeland. We have always been expected in Heaven.” 

More broadly, EWTN, a Catholic news and television organization, tweeted about the feast of Blessed Carlo Acutis, too.

“TODAY is the feast day of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a Millennial on the path to sainthood,” EWTN tweeted. “In the short 15 years of his life, he touched thousands of people with his testimony of faith and deep devotion to the Holy Eucharist. Blessed Carlo, pray for us!” 

Blessed Carlo was beatified in 2020 after living a short life dedicated to the sacraments and in particular to the Holy Eucharist. 

On his feast day, observed every Oct. 12, Catholic News Agency (CNA) published an article by Francesca Pollio Fenton on the life of Blessed Carlo. Carlo was born in 1991 in London before shortly thereafter moving with his family to Milan, Italy. At a young age, he was diagnosed with leukemia. According to CNA, Carlo offered his sufferings up for Pope Benedict XVI and the Church. He said, “I offer all the suffering I will have to suffer for the Lord, for the Pope, and the Church.” Carlo had a special devotion to God and the sacraments, even though his parents weren’t particularly devout. He had a particular appreciation for the Eucharist and traveled to many different sites of Eucharistic miracles. 

Carlo’s faith led his mother to revert back to her Catholic faith, according to CNA. A priest who was advocating for his canonization said he “managed to drag his relatives, his parents to Mass every day. It was not the other way around; it was not his parents bringing the little boy to Mass, but it was he who managed to get himself to Mass and to convince others to receive Communion daily,” Fenton writes. 

Aside from his faith, Carlo was interested in computer programming. He is famously known for creating a website for all the Eucharistic miracles around the world. CNA reports he said on the website, “The more often we receive the Eucharist, the more we will become like Jesus, so that on this earth we will have a foretaste of heaven." 

Carlo died on Oct. 12, 2006, and was buried in Assisi. He requested to be buried in Assisi because of his special devotion to St. Francis. He was made a “Venerable” in 2018 and was designated a “Blessed” on Oct. 10, 2020, by Pope Francis. According to CNA, Carlo’s heart is held in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi as a relic and his body is on display with him wearing jeans and Nike tennis shoes; he wanted to look like a normal teenage boy, according to CNA. 

EWTN has released a documentary on Blessed Carlo’s life called “I am With You.” It is available to watch on the EWTN website.